The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-04-18

but this being an inconvenient world,
altogether not the best, why, You see
by daylight she had taken q journey
quite another way"
Summer days are long but they slip
away after all, and the evening came
when Miss Pophurst's precious COW
came home with twig oil crimson
maple leaves hanging from her mouth.
and the next day the Elm Tree School
mustered it's deserters and began
again.
ats just as WE'LL" unused Miss Ju-
dith, standing at the window with o
broom in her hand and proud salts.
faction in her heart, as she watched
her new charge hurrying toward the
school; "the boy has such an uncom-
mon hankering to find some company
OF his age. That always was hand.
some pattern for pants, too; so good
and slack in. the seat and square at
the ankes-if / could only cure HIM OF
that trick ofhitching at the waistband'
though"
That was q hard school, as every
body knew. They had turned out
their last two masters and were Just
ready for n third, though for once 1t
did not seem quite certain who would
come out first best. "Sets up to be
little extra" laughed Sam Hebberton,
the talest and stoutest rebel OF last
year, but there was only an uneasy
echo of his laugh. The new master
had been staying u week at Squire
Phillips Venetian blinded, porticoed
house that not one OF the boys had
ever seen the inside OF, and the squire
WAS q trustee into the bargain.
Eyes" added another tall rebel, Hal
Phillips himself, land he told my
father he intended to stay in that
school-room and that il any one lett
it would be the first boy that didn't be-
have himself" =,
There was another uncomfortable
pause and Sam turned from the stump
he was kicking. "And what did the
Squire say to that? You get Quit.
| suppose" he returned with a hall
laugh.
Halls eyes flashed. Everybody
knew the Squire had been sea cap
tain for half lifetime before coming
back to take the old homestead and
family title together, and that lew
ouarterdecks had seen hotter tenn
per or heard hotter words than his.
But there was 1t rumor that the
Squire had seen trouble in his day.
His vile and daughter, who was the
idol OF his heart were gone, and some
mysterious change had come over him
with it all.
"It's a hard tussle, though" said
Deacon Burberry one day. ''He's
the proudest, highsteppin'est man
we ever had in our place; but I've
seen him fifty times, when athingriled
him, wait full five minutes to get a
fair hold OF himself and then out
comes that terrible scapevalve OF
his'n, you get Quit +" And the Deacon
laughed q satisfied little laugh; he
should see the Squire fairly in the king
dom yet.
But as Sam spoke there was new
sensation in the crowd. A slight fig
ure walked toward them, giving an
uncomfor table pull at the waistband
of some very "slack" trousers with
one hand while the other was strug-
Cling to hold a loose hat steady on a
smooth shaven, slippery little head.
"Hellol what's your name, young.
ster? Oh, he's Miss Judy's boy!
Judy, Judy, where's the baby, judy"
A hot flush ran up to the brim OF
the loose hat, but sharp, quick ring
OF the school bell sent the boys swarm
ing like bees into hive, and the hum
of the first days work began. The
hum went on pretty quietly for a
week; the boys were taking the gauge
OF the new masters eye and hand, and
were too busy for much notice OF the
newcomer, excepting that pull at the
waistband that Miss Judy's boy
couldn seem TO do without. Hitch, F"
Hal Phillips had whispered, with an
imitation such as only he could give,
and that was signal for the rest.
Miss Judy's boy couldn't raise his
ewes or speak to anybody but there it
was. Was this the fun OF going to
SCHOOL,
Could the whispers have reached
Miss Judy's ears2 At any rate, she
stalked grimly to the village store that
nirht and came back with very
small parcel in her hand, and the
next morning the shrinking little face
under the slippery hat shone
proud and triumphant for once.
Feel a little extra this morning
eh?" said Hal, as a pair OF brown eyes
flashed up at him with aquiver at the
heart they belonged to. Ithad agood
many quivers since school began, but
this was n new variety, a joyful one
and could not he kept back.
'I've got some galloyses"
"Hellol Gallowses Gallowsesl He's
l ...ofxva not .